Telegram-herald., 1887-10-30
LPOWDER MINE HERO
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Ss-its lis aaost important Fart he coHlsd1r-
as aaa isr t4s gf4fsltls'a sl ths city ls
A-d e,sf s,lr aI.aY b, ael lslil "a go up near
snas fors a1.fll i could - Destroyed it wa
t.sL-ass.f faas ~ eaalt f.arca alto Feters-
bafz w sssl .e~sf s~n aa1s slYing e. carry
tn poslash a. rsgrii..r slsa4ir. aad ne tas
rate e-Ia .1anE n-ea ee ccur Throw
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nlners @ars 3D. 60 ireDt E8ar the3 ..lid acar
tas slissng .aik thsu sosks. and .as day
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ssns sns pr0t,ossi - a-ssrog ths stubborn
stF0a..asia nat biScEad the saY by digging
. ts,usssi from their wseks - a poiat rght
unlier rhe fort aad exploding powder rasss-
1ne thsrs saag would tear al Aoogs .t %
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rLAs rs0PosED.
r ~as al biusssr 70 bsxin vita hut Serzt
ps~zs csashs uD zhs idea earnestly as
dxssl apon a gl4a add iald u before his sups-
Fiors. pronissas that ne Actual abor q the
ains should - p@rformzi &C al hazards
siaa.ly ne .salsoei ths colonel of shs r-gi-
ra-nf. And nat staosr. beng engineer. a.
proved lhs scaezs aRd had al.ficlsrt iDsa-
a,lce % xst permission trons beadi4uzsaers %
ee<.n tAs saansL Bat it 49, permission
oniY rhs ha6er po--rs ala roc furnish
isnpirrnents aor sxtend any sncoura seinenk
esas 4ad about a scors q his fellow. took
sfUaH "tAAtH n tt~is- rttaa 81 10y HA-ts&7T
bsx-~ f0r bArrssys. an dsz ne sarra In small
aaaafifies. aa4 AZ alyht cGrriesi !, away ouE
Of axasof tas snenar As the tuauel grew ia
lrnxth Ehs work bccarns ruore diGcus There
wa greater bnik of earth % conceal and the
ssaft ~ss DARK and close n would noe do
q ons.p an Az shaft 20 the surface above
khsna, bscauss tAo Coafedsrases who cccnpied
the Krouad would Discover 10 and defeat ths
schoms
The .pAee bsE~saa the Union and Confe,l-
sraes llnes aakar ~aicb they ~srs srnnelny
w<s locapied ~ shATpsAoo5srs, aad al day
aad as nixb5. sleasscr the AR ~as clear. tho
bullets dia their aeadiv work Whenever a
sohiier exposed t@rget fhs amount of
usstser tak-n out % The excavation Wa IS, ,0oO
.alsic fses. over 60 cubic feet for every rod
and AZ of fhs had % be concealed a. fast a.
l. came out BY dling q INTO littie ravines
and sunEsa spots behind tho works And
thsn the movecsens had 70 be held a secret
away frora al union soidierS that wers not
n ths mining party because these men were
frequently captured on the outposts and tho
enemy could forcs spsns wssk prisoner 70 let
cut hss sscret information
AN AWFUL rNoERrAuNo
The fear q istectioa from ths ground over
heal also compelled the unsn % work in ths
cloas shAft without AIR from the surface. The
srralisss at.srturs could not - unad- over
s..d without danger q its Being found by
some Confederate scouts or pickseS. AL ot
the fresh slr ist iato the tunnel came througa b
. wooden tnos running from the mouth Of
tas shafs snd Savtnk partition 50 arranged
a. - carry foul air cllrrsnt away and bring
IN a utDDlY % fresh air. and the circulating
rnovsuieat vas keft up by firs burned con
sfantly AZ sha mouth of the shaft - ct the
air TN mstion. rhts contrivanca was a aeip
buf Cor a., thst ths miners became faint frou
the fsfixus aud foul ar and the hard WORK
disals-a them IN sbous two asurs. and fhey
had ~ 70 isto shs nlnnsl la rclisfs and b
cas.r-d snd snooarax-'l at every step. Il
, hal looksd rssier oa the start than s reallJ
proved so - b ran = shafs so Far into "a.
earsh vsshyut venslasoa and without me
chanical Appliances
rhs kosi 81 tas sntcrprise NJ this hour o
eisconrarasnsus -as Rcese Who labor~i al
net iacsssausly with ths men and Snooths,
over sv~rv 1astaole t5d siisnced every doubt
erhe distance 20 ne covered Nas ov>r 40 feet
I .ad ptcs an undertaking hst 10 prseetent i
rsiuinz snnalS The experienced engineer
II ths army laughed st .t ard tae generals q
] command r-fused 20 commit HaentseIvss 20
uanI rs rro t--tors should prove is fossl
b,,it-. and tl,sf ,uuid be done ia thls csse b.
the fact accomplished oniy.
Al nc sd Il the AK haif ~ the shaft th
trinaeis-s ran uuon a oed - quickaud anN
ts va irlooaisie 20 work through be-. for
would csre in and il up ths shafr A. fast =
, r7,sn -said shovel is 3ut The No-k stoppe
Tar Afas The surfaces q tae earfb a1ov
va a dirk tay-r q clay snd Reese though
that 81 curvih< shs shafs upward until Oh
clay va - rot ~ could cross the sand be
.,.d than S,~eerd - "a ispfh NJ bring ther
,,rs.r7srnsh s,- fera rhis delicate wgrx Va
,s.,,srspliShsd ~ Rscse almost alone. Ih
renasiitv ~ belrg beard ~ the C7rfsdei
afss up rs,r the,a ~Aile th~v worked -''7e 2
shat shell ~ = rccf s1fie ttis ne most siii
cvs ~ Az "a sp@ro-ions II fsct tae ~oF
was hearsi. ard the snemv sent cat men
rr.,hs the s-ouDd With lCrz pixies but ou
CEN r,arSs-,en bctherei them ~ much vit
taIl>ss sbst taeT fai'ed 70 20 theIr ptsss int
4 the s1nnel
1 rHE rcNWtvuEs's -oaFLfNxNT-
The cor-n,antf-E genersl ncv v.sItei th
fsiue sTd cnlupllmsstei the iaifaful nii1e
frr has Triumph Fr1n that time frrv1r
the xsuerals eegsn ta hare e'ld srs srd car
n..n reatq - sSvann- rvsr t'fe ~recs i7'Ti'
eiiatofv arrr ~ srrl1sion sni sr--'1r~ On
hoizhts thr.s rrrfecf~i F@fe-seurE - "a
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